QT Imaging (QTI) and The Competition Financial Review

QT Imaging (NASDAQ:QTI) is one of 517 publicly-traded companies in the “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare QT Imaging to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for QT Imaging and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QT Imaging	1	1	1	0	2.00
QT Imaging Competitors	4092	10146	17754	781	2.46

As a group, “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 24.44%. Given QT Imaging’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QT Imaging has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.2% of QT Imaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of shares of all “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of QT Imaging shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

QT Imaging has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QT Imaging’s competitors have a beta of 2.48, suggesting that their average stock price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares QT Imaging and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
QT Imaging	$18.92 million	-$21.08 million	-2.20
QT Imaging Competitors	$1.88 billion	$141.82 million	9.08

QT Imaging’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than QT Imaging. QT Imaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares QT Imaging and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QT Imaging	-58.93%	-4,220.38%	-51.77%
QT Imaging Competitors	-311.11%	-274.41%	-21.78%

Summary

QT Imaging competitors beat QT Imaging on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

QT Imaging Company Profile

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of body imaging systems for detection, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of diseases. The company offers QT Ultrasound Breast Scanner, an ultrasonic imaging system that provides reflection-mode and transmission-mode images of a patient’s breast. QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Novato, California.